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UC ANR Fire Network @ucanrfirenetwork.bsky.social · 12h

The UC ANR Fire Network is inviting 4-H members ages 9-18 to submit artwork showcasing creative solutions for helping communities adapt to wildfires. All submissions will be displayed at the 2026 Beneficial Fire Summit in San Diego, California. Link in bio. @ucanr.edu @afe-fireecology.bsky.social

A flyer that reads “Calling all artists and creative thinkers! Showcase your creative solutions for reducing wildfire risk at the 2026 Beneficial Fire Summit” at the top, includes an image of fire burning through foliage in the middle of the page with text over it that reads “Submissions due October 12” and the contest title “Envisioning a Fire-Adapted Future”, and text underneath the image at the bottom of the page that reads “Who can enter: 4-H members ages 9+”, “Winners receive a t-shirt printed with their artwork!”, and “Learn more at link.ucanr.edu/2026-fire-art-contest”.

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Lawrence Culver @lawrencecphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Gift link: “Both the Palisades and Altadena fires ignited in dense metropolitan communities that back up to fire-prone wilderness areas and foothills, a development pattern that has become increasingly common in California as affordable housing has become scarcer.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...

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Powerful Wildfires Require a New Approach, California Report Finds (Gift Article)

A report on the fires that devastated the Los Angeles area in early 2025 recommended that local governments take a broader approach to preparedness and emergency response.

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Alex Tardy - Weather Echo @skiwxman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Approaching all-time highs in San Diego

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John Fisher @johnafisher.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Lots of discussion about whether using PSPS to prevent wildfires is good. Today is the anniversary of 9 men being burned to death fighting a wildfire in San Diego's back country in conditions almost identical to today's weather. Sort of helps put the potential lack of AC in perspective.

A memorial to 9 men killed fighting a wildfire in backcountry San Diego.

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John Fisher @johnafisher.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nothing so see here. Move along.

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Cyrus Farivar @cfarivar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Call said the [City of Santa Monica] has increased its identified Emergency Operations Center staff by 76% and has renamed its evacuation zones 'so they aren't weird numbers and letters.'" 🙏🙏🙏 www.smdp.com/santa-monica...

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Santa Monica Gets Palisades Fire Review, Evacuation Study Pending

Santa Monica City Council received an independent review of its 2025 Palisades Fire response with 36 recommendations. An evacuation capacity study is pending contract approval.

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 11/09/2026

We should commemorate this solemn day by meeting the needs of 9/11 responders and survivors who rely on the World Trade Center Health Program, but are left without necessary medical care. We must commit to treat all 9/11-related diseases and conditions.

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FDNY report details lasting health effects of 9/11 rescue and recovery work

Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, the FDNY released a new report detailing the long-term health effects of the rescue and recovery effort on firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, officers and other ...

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Michael Wara @michaelwara.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

An incredible article about the wildfire situation that was recommended on X by two fire chiefs I deeply respect and we all should listen to, Bobby Garcia and Kim Zagaris. California is lucky to have them both. Can we listen to what they and others are saying? grist.org/extreme-weat...

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America is losing its war against wildfire

Wildland firefighting is increasingly facing an intractable reality: We’re stuck in a vicious cycle. A doom loop.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

1 last thing & I’ll STFU about 9/11. We’ve forgotten all of the hard lessons learned that day. Alliances matter. Diplomacy & multilateralism, not isolationism, will prevent future 9/11’s. Fed agencies sharing intel matters. A unified system of emergency management can/will prevent needless deaths.

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Forrest Gump: That's All I Have To Say

ALT: Forrest Gump: That's All I Have To Say

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

JUST IN: A federal judge concludes that DHS leaders arbitrarily decided to cut FEMA staff by 50% even though it damaged the agency's ability to fulfill its mission — and leaders hid their comms about it on auto-delete Signal chains. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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John Fisher @johnafisher.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Me either. Loretta Swit served me dinner. I spent time talking with Dennis Smith about the response. Chief Pete Hayden came by one day. No Donald.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026

You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.

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Vince Outlaw @vinceoutlaw.com · 31/08/2026

Same dude working on San Diego community La Jolla's succession bid. Shady. "The investigation does not specifically address the relationship between McGrory’s role as city manager between 1991 and '97 and his subsequent role with Youth Tennis San Diego." www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/08/30/w...

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Who pays $50 a month to lease 12 beachfront acres? A well-connected tenant of the city of San Diego

The Barnes Tennis Center in Ocean Beach generates millions of dollars a year in revenue. The San Diego auditor says the city’s poor oversight leaves money on the table.

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a broad abroad @zzbenz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

mom just said “no, there’s a new acronym now: SHAME.”

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton and Patti LaBelle playing their acrylics. Two icons.

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Association for Fire Ecology @afe-fireecology.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Registration for the Beneficial Fire Summit is OPEN! 🔥We're excited to see you in San Diego! Visit the event website for more details about registration, scholarships, and travel support: beneficialfiresummit.org/registrati…

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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 19/08/2026

They want to pull another $1.6 billion out of NOAA next year. They want to hand the rest to private companies, so your town ends up paying a business for weather data your taxes already paid for, with no promise it will even be right.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/07/2026

Watch Duty, an app known for tracking California wildfires, is moving beyond that mission. Millions of people are turning to it for help and the mapping and forecasting provided by the app are quickly becoming indispensable for emergency authorities.

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As Natural Disasters Expand, a Disaster-Tracking App Is Booming

Known for tracking California wildfires, Watch Duty is moving beyond that mission. Millions of people are turning to it for help.

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Andy Snyder @wxandbiscuits.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

There are dozens of new lightning-ignited fires in the Northwest, and next week looks especially hot. We’ve seen how this song and dance goes in 2026. 🔥🔥🔥

Wildfire EGP showing larger incidents with orange and yellow flames, with newer starts smaller and bluish purple. More lightning is in the cards today and tonight.

Temperatures next week from the ECMWF AI ensemble mean are forecasted to be well above normal in the greater Northwest.

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John Fisher @johnafisher.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Not all my fires are in beautiful spots. This last one was.

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tyrannusrexbook.bsky.social @tyrannusrexbook.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Here’s Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately NOAA was gutted by the Trump Regime's DOGE in 2025: fired 880 NOAA employees; over 1,000 deferred resignations or buyouts = NWS weather balloon less launches at 11 locations & data loss. NB: War on Expertise gizmodo.com/heres-why-we...

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Here's Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately

Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 11/07/2026

Actor Randolph Mantooth, best known for his role as firefighter and medic John Gage in NBC’s “Emergency!” television series in the 1970s, has died at age 80 after a long illness, his family said.

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Randolph Mantooth, who played medic in NBC’s ‘Emergency!’, dies at 80

Mantooth played firefighter and paramedic John Gage in the NBC show that aired from 1972 to 1977.

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Andrew Bowen (he/him) @acbowen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Kelly Davis was truly the best of the best. Her reporting was fearless, and always grounded in compassion and humanity. She did so much to foster community among San Diego journalists. Thank you, @byjeffmcdonald.bsky.social, for honoring her memory. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/07/01/k...

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Kelly Davis, intrepid reporter who exposed death and despair in San Diego County jails and gave voice to the downtrodden, dies at 53

The 2023 San Diego journalist of the year beat cancer for more than a decade before being diagnosed with a new tumor earlier this year; she leaves a lasting legacy in her adopted hometown.

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Los Angeles County Fire Department @lacofd.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

1/2 The #LACoFD international USAR team, USA-2, has been activated by the State Department to respond to Venezuela in the wake of the earthquakes that hit the country’s center. USA-2 departed from the LACoFD Technical Operations facility in #Pacoima this evening…

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Genuinely extreme--and quite frankly explosive--fire behavior ongoing within #CottonwoodFire in SW Utah late this evening, with a persistent, deep, and apparently rotating *nocturnal* pyrocumulonimbus. This region had record low snowpack a following record warm winter. Yikes.

Current satellite snapshot showing glaciated anvil atop a very intense wildfire plume in Utah (circled in yellow).

Screenshot of current dual panel radar imagery showing smoke plume in Utah. At left is reflectivity, a measure of the density of the smoke plume, and at right is the relative velocity of the particles within the smoke plume, which exhibits a "couplet" of winds in opposite directions in close proximity (circled), indicative of plume rotation.

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John Fisher @johnafisher.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I can tell you this, there are something like 178 fire departments in CT. That cannot make coordination easy.

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Murphy Woodhouse @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

It's always validating when peers recognize the value of your work like this. But much more meaningful has been elevating the experiences of those directly impacted by the homeowners insurance crisis. You can see the work Rachel and I did here: www.boisestatepublicradio.org/mountain-wes...

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Mountain West News Bureau Homeowners Insurance Resources

The Mountain West News Bureau and Boise State Public Radio have been covering the growing homeowners insurance crisis in Idaho and across the region for well over a year. Here you’ll find interactive ...

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 21/06/2026

Happy Father’s Day, New York City!  This year, we’re celebrating some of New York’s Dads whose children followed them into service as City workers.   From Sanitation to Education to FDNY, these families keep our City running. Pictured: Captain Felix Valentin and Firefighter Stephanie Valentin.

Captain Felix Valentin and Firefighter Stephanie Valentin.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Happy Father's Day 🖤

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International Journal of Wildland Fire @ijwildlandfire.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

🔥New in IJWF: Theodori et al. link reconstructed flame and ember exposure from the 2017 Tubbs Fire with structure-level damage data, showing how WUI codes, spacing and vegetation clearance shape destruction probability. 🔗 doi.org/10.1071/WF25... #IJWildlandFire

Modeled hazard metrics from the 2017 Tubbs Fire and observed structure outcomes. (Left) Maximum flame length (m) and (right) cumulative ember count, both derived from the ELMFIRE reconstruction over the first 12 h post-ignition at 30 m resolution. Observed structures are overlaid, with green points indicating not destroyed and magenta points indicating destroyed buildings. The final CAL FIRE perimeter (red outline, mapped 31 October 2017) is shown for context. These hazard outputs provide spatially explicit exposure metrics used to develop structure fragility functions.

Location of structures affected by the 2017 Tubbs Fire in relation to California Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ). The maps distinguish between (left) structures not subject to the California Building Code (CBC) Chapter 7A and (right) structures subject to the code (built post-2008 in an FHSZ). Points indicate structure outcomes: green, not destroyed; magenta, destroyed, with 46.5% destroyed (left) and 47.7% destroyed (right). Shaded areas denote FHSZ categories (very high, high, moderate), and the red outline marks the final Tubbs Fire perimeter.

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John Fisher @johnafisher.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I've seen some pretty large fires with very positive fire effects. And some very small fires that burned down dozens of homes. Size does not matter. Effects do.

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Murphy Woodhouse @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

In 2025 I reported on significant jumps in homeowners insurance premiums and widespread policy cancellations across the American West. Based on industry data, @publiccitizen.bsky.social now reports that 2025 was also a wildly profitable one for the industry. www.citizen.org/article/insu...

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Insurers Score Record Profits While Consumers Paid in 2025

The property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry just posted its most profitable underwriting year in over two decades.

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John Fisher @johnafisher.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Ironically, Ivermectin is actually appropriate for screwworm, or so says the FDA.

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Jim Whittington🔥 @jimwhittington.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

They're not just trying. They're doing. This is the 2nd story on the topic by @npr.org in recent days, so kudos to them. You'd think the destruction of the world's most extensive natural research network would be covered by more outlets. Earlier NPR piece discussed here: bsky.app/profile/jimw...

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I would expect fire season across the interior West to kick into high gear quite soon, with at least 6 consecutive upcoming days or critical or near-critical fire weather (a mix of hot, dry, windy, plus some dry lightning) aligning with widespread severe to extreme drought.

Multi-panel map snapshot from NWS Storm Prediction Center highlighting widespread regions of elevated or critical fire weather conditions across the interior West (but NOT the West Coast) each day for at least the next 6 days.

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John Fisher @johnafisher.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

See you there as soon as I get home from the gym around noon-ish

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Michael Wara @michaelwara.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Today we launched the California Wildland Interface Structural Look Book Dashboard. The Dashboard visually conveys information about wildfire hazard zone classification information for structures throughout California. Link: wuistructurallookbook.stanford.edu

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California's Wildland Urban Interface: A Structural Look Book Dashboard

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